D. Harris Smuggling in United States Smuggling Definition The fraudulent taking into a country, or out of it, merchandise which is lawfully prohibited. More specifically, a secret introduction of goods into a state with intent to avoid payment of duty thereon. Bac. Abr. Smuggling in Foreign Legal […]
Opposition in United States Opposition Definition
In bankruptcy practice. The act of a creditor who declares his dissent to a debtor's being discharged under the bankrupt laws.
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Protection in United States Protection Definition
In Mercantile Law. The name of a document generally given by notaries public to sailors and other persons going abroad, in which is certified that the bearer therein named is a citizen of the United States. In Governmental Law. That […]
Collateral Estoppel in United States Collateral Estoppel Definition
The collateral determination of a question by a court having general jurisdiction of the subject. See 26 Vt. 209.
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Parent Corporation in United States Practical Information Note: Some of this information was last updated in 1982See subsidiary corporation (in U.S. law).(Revised by Ann De Vries) What is Parent Corporation? For a meaning of it, read Parent Corporation in the Legal Dictionary here. Browse and […]
Notice in United States Notice Definition
Information, whether actual or presumptive, and whether direct or indirect, respecting a matter of fact. Notice is either (1) actual, consisting of information actually received, or (2) constructive, consisting of facts which, by implication of […]
Research in United States Practical Information Court opinions are the cornerstone of the law. The purpose of legal research is to locate previous cases (court opinions) that are similar in some way to the case at hand (lawyers would say the "case at issue"). Armed with these cases, […]
Local Rules in United States Local Rules Definition Rules Of Court in this Legal Encyclopedia
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Unemployment Insurance in United States Plain-English Law Unemployment Insurance as defined by Nolo’s Encyclopedia of Everyday Law (p. 437-455):UI) A program run jointly by federal and state governments that provides money benefits for a specified time after an employee has been laid off or […]
Cancellation in United States Cancellation Definition
The act of crossing out a writing; the manual operation of tearing or destroying a written instrument. 1 Eq. Cas. Abr. 409; Roberts, Wills, 367, note. Revocation or annulment of an instrument in any manner. See 58 Pa. St. 238. […]
Insolvency in United States Insolvency Definition
The state of a person who is unable, from any cause, to pay his debts. Two tests of insolvency prevail, their application generally being governed by the purpose for which the fact of insolvency is ascertained, though there is some […]
Handwriting in United States Handwriting Definition Anything written by a person. The manner in which a person writes, including the formation of the characters, the separation of the words, and other features distinguishing the written matter, as a mechanical result, from the writing of […]
Action in United States Action Definition (Lat. agere, to do; to lead; to conduct). A doing of something; something done. The term is, in legal usage, confined to practice, having no technical meaning, in the substantive law, except in the French law, in which it denotes shares in a company, […]
Abandonment in United States Abandonment Definition
Relinquishment; surrender; desertion; waiver. Of Property. The relinquishment of property or right with intent not to reclaim the same. It implies a relinquishment to the public generally, or to the next comer; a surrender to a […]
Municipal in United States Municipal Definition Strictly, this word applies only to what belongs to a city. Among the Romans, cities were called municipia. These cities voluntarily joined the Roman republic in relation to their sovereignty only, retaining their laws, their liberties, and […]
Private Carrier in United States Private Carrier Definition A carrier who is not a common carrier, because he does not hold himself out as ready to carry all persons who may employ him. Private Carrier in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias LinkDescription Private Carrier, Private Carrier in the […]
Authorities in United States Authorities Definition
Enactments and opinions relied upon as establishing or declaring the rule of law which is to be applied in any case. The opinion of a court, or of counsel, or of a text writer upon any question, Is usually fortified by a citation of […]
Citation in the United States Citation Definition (Lat, citare, to call, to summon). In Practice. A writ issued out of a court of competent jurisdiction, commanding a person therein named to appear on a day named, and do something therein mentioned, or show cause why he should not. Proctor, […]
Treaty in United States Treaty Definition Treaties are agreements made and entered into by one independent state with another, in cftnformity -witli law, by which it places itself ttnder an obligation. The following are not considered treaties: (1) Agreements entered into by a state with […]
Substantive Law in United States Substantive Law Definition That portion of the body of the law which contains the rights and duties and the regulations of government, as opposed to that part which contains the rules and remedies by which the substantive law is administered. The latter is […]
Premises in United States Premises Definition (Lat. prae, before, mittere, to put, to send). That which is put before; the introduction; statements previously made. See 1 East, 456. Premium tRES In Conveyancing. That part of a deed which precedes the habendum, in which are set forth the names […]
Probate Court in the United States A state court with jurisdiction over wills and estates. Probate courts may also have the power to appoint guardians as well as to perform certain functions with minors. Probate courts operate at the county level and can be found in most of the larger states. […]
Injury in the United States Damage done to any legally protected interest of someone else. Injury may take a variety of forms, but generally involves damage to one’s person, rights, property, or reputation. Injuries may be private or public. Private injury is infringement of individual […]
Local in United States Local Definition (Law Lat. localia, from locus, place). Relating to place; expressive of place; belonging or confined to a particular place. Distinguished from general, personal and transitory. Local in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias LinkDescription Local, Local in the […]
Commitment in United States Commitment Definition In practice. The warrant or order by which a court or magistrate directs a ministerial officer to take a person to prison. See 1 Mete. (Mass.) 504. The act of sending a person to prison by means of such a warrant or order. 9 N. H. 204; 203 […]